Check-printing machine.



E. OCUMPAUGH.

CHECK PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FlLED mum. I914.

1,16,6%3, Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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E. OCUMPAUGH.

CHECK PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1914.

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EDMUND OGUIVIIPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'lO DEFIANCE MACHINE COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CHECK-PRINTING- MACHINE.

Lioness.

Application filed. June 3, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, EDMUND OOUMPAUGH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, county of Monroe,

State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Printing li/lachines, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates particularly to the constructionof the table and platen supporting bridge and the guiding and holding devices which permit checks printed in locks or sheets to be used instead of checks printed singly as heretofore.

The object of this invention is to provide a check printing machine through which checks may be fed in the form of sheets comprising a number of checks printed side by side and adapted to be separated after filling in the blanlrs.

Tn carrying out this invention, 1 span the entire table of the machine with a rigid platen supporting bridge which is removably secured to the table at its extremities, and under which sufiicient space is left for the checks to be readily inserted by the aid of guides hereafter described.

in order that the sheet of checks will pass over the table freely under the pressure of the hand and still be held firmly against unintentional movement, and in order that the sheet may be readily started through the slot under the bridge, I provide guiding and clamping means at each edge of the sheet. All of which is more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanving drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the mechanism; Fig.2 is a perspective view of the bridge piece separated from the'other parts of the machine; 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the check guiding gaging and holding mechanism with sheet of checks inserted.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts wherever shown throughout the several views. y

This particular embodiment of my invention is shown associated with a printing machine having the type characters on a rotatable drum or cylinder 5, and having a platen 6, adapted to press the check against Specification of Letters Patent.

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sheet lie flat, I provide the side springs 10,.

11, adjustably supported at one end on the bridge piece 12 and connected at the other end by means of the wire or rod 13. The the springs are slightly bent up to facilitate the insertion of the sheet between them and the table, and the rod or wire 13 connects these ends so that both springs may be raised at once by inserting a thumb or finger under either spring or the wire itself. The wire 13 also acts as a gage or spacing marker which may be adjustable to any position and set to determine the exact position for the various checks for printing.

The sheet of checks will lie face, that is printed side, downward on the table, but the tear line between checks, whether perforated or merely printed, will always show from the reverse side. The wire 13 is preferably so positioned that it will he immediately over one of tiese lines when a check is in proper printing position.

, The channel shaped side guides S and 9 have flanged entrances and are each. provided with a very flexible leaf spring 17 for pro viding a slight resistance to the movement of the sheet even when the springs 1.0 and 11 are raised.

The bridge piece 12 consists of the body portionlS, the ends of which are supported by screws 19 on the side frame-pieces 20,

and of the center overhanging portion 21 for the support of the platen plunger 22- and handle 28. The handle 23 is pivoted at 24: and adapted to engage the plunger 22 at a point as near the pivotal point of the handle as convenient in order to secure the best mechanical advantage.

An adjusting screw 25 is provided to adjust the handle, with respect to the plunger and the back stop portion 26 of the bridge piece, so that there will be no lost motion between these parts. The plunger 22 is provided with a spring 27 to normally hold the handle and platen seat 6 in non-operative The platen seat 6 consists of a rigid bar having a longitudinal slot therein in which is secured the soft rubber pad or platen 30.

By the foregoing arrangement I secure a substantial though light structure and one in which almost the entire table may be covered by the sheet of checks.

Many modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and this particular embodiment should therefore be taken merely as illustrative of theinvention which is limited only by the v scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 7 7 1. In a check writing machine, the combination with a table, an adjustable typecarrier under the table, a bridge lying close to the face of the table and extending from one side to the other thereof, a platen and operating handle therefor carried by said bridge, a pair of adjustable leaf springs secured to and passing under the bridge, and a wire extending parallel to the platen and between the free ends of said springs for holding a sheet of checks in place and to gage the positions of the sheet for printing.

7 2. In a check writing machine, adjustable printing mechanism, a containing case therefor having a fiat top with a transverse slot therein throu h which 'a check may be checks visible from the reverse sidethereof,

the combination with a table, of an adjustable gage cooperating with thetear lines be tween checks to indicate the proper printing positions of the checks. 4. In a check printing machine, the combination with a table, of a bridge over the table, a leaf spring adjllstably secured to and passing under said bridge and normally pressing against the surface of the table, a gage carried near the free end of said spring said end being turned away from the surface of the. table so that the spring may be readily lifted by the thumb or finger in sliding a check into printing position on the table, said gage indicating the printing position for the check and said leaf spring holding the check in printing position when 7 the finger or thumb is removed.

5. In a check printing machine, the combination with a table, of a bridge over the table, a pair of lineally adjustable leaf springs secured to said bridge, one at each side of the table, a member extending between said springs near the free ends thereof, whereby one spring may belifted by lifting the other.

6. In a check printing machine, the combination with a table, of a bridge over the table, a pair of lineally adjustable leaf springs secured to said bridge, one at each side of the table, a member extending between said springs near the free ends thereof, whereby one spring may be lifted by lifting the other, the free end of one of said springs being bent away from the table so that may be readily raised by the finger.

7. In a check printing machine in which blocks of checks having tear lines between the checks visible from the reverse side thereof are adapted to be fed for printing the value of the checks one at a time, the combination with a table, of an adjustable gage cooperating with the tear lines to indicate the proper printing positions of checks of different widths.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 9th day of May A. 1)., 191a.

EDMUND OCUMPAUGH.

WVitnesses S. E. Mosnnn, M. E. Srrnss.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of IEatentsv 7 Washington, D. C. 

